The Rays and Red Sox will continue their series at Fenway Park on Tuesday night, with each of those two teams tossing out stud pitchers. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup …

Event of the day . . .

The Red Sox aren’t going to make finishing in first place in the AL East division easy for the upstart Rays, and if Tampa Bay is going to pick up a victory over Boston on Tuesday night they’re going to have to find a way to knock around Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.88 ERA) is 7-1 with two no-decisions over his past 10 starts, and Boston is a stellar 9-1 in those outings. The righthander, though, is coming off a middling outing against the Orioles in which he gave up three earned runs on four hits over six innings of work (while fanning seven). Matsuzaka last faced Tampa Bay on July 2, allowing one earned run on two hits over five innings in a hard-luck no-decision.

Countering Dice-K on Tuesday will be Rays ace Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99 ERA). Kazmir has been on a roll for Tampa, tossing 11 1-3 scoreless innings versus the Yankees and O’s over his last two starts. The lefthander is 4-2 with four no-decisions over his past 10 starts, with the Rays going 8-2 in those games. Kazmir was Matsuzaka’s opponent on July 2, and he also got a no-decision after surrendering four runs in five innings.

Vegas odds on president….

Most objective pundits agree that Barack Obama more than holding his own against Bill O’Reilly has slowed down the impalin (sic) that the Sarah Palin momentum has brought to the John McCain campaign. The political betting odds still have Obama as a 170 favorite to take the White House.

Tom Brady injury and Super Bowl betting line…

According to BetUs Sportsbook, the Dallas Cowboys are now the favorites to win the Super Bowl following week 1 results and Tom Brady’s season ending injury. Dallas is +350, the San Diego Chargers +700. Matt Cassel led New England only dropped to +850.   

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Non-event of the day . . .

Can the Yankees still claim the AL Wild Card this season? The math says yes, but logic says no. That means New York doesn’t have much to lose by trotting reliever Alfredo Aceves (0-0, 1.29 ERA) out to the mound against the cruising Angels on Tuesday night.

Also on the schedule . . .

The Twins will be looking to stay in the thick of the AL Wild Card and AL Central races on Tuesday when they send Nick Blackburn (9-8, 3.71 ERA) to the mound at home to face the Royals. Also on the American League schedule: Cleveland at Baltimore, Oakland at Detroit, Toronto at the White Sox, and Texas at Seattle.

The Dodgers and the D-Backs will continue their battle for the NL West crown on different fronts Tuesday, with Los Angeles at San Diego and Arizona at San Francisco. Rounding out the NL slate: Florida at Philadelphia, Washington at the Mets, Colorado at Atlanta, Cincinnati at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at Houston, and the Cubs at St. Louis.

Finally, there are six WNBA games on Tuesday in a busy night around the league: Phoenix at Detroit, San Antonio at New York, Indiana at Minnesota, Washington at Chicago, Connecticut at Houston, and Seattle at Sacramento.

News from the wire . . .

Along with Pats QB Tom Brady (knee), other key NFL players who got hurt on the season’s opening Sunday include Titans QB Vince Young (knee), Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle (shoulder), Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson (toe), Cowboys RB Marion Barber (ribs), Seahawks RB Maurice Morris (knee), and Seahawks WR Nate Burleson (knee) . . . Southern California retained the top spot in the AP Top 25 poll this week, with Georgia at No. 2, Oklahoma at No. 3, and East Carolina now at No. 14.

Peek at the future . . .

It’ll be Andy Sonnanstine (13-7, 4.66 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (12-9, 4.20 ERA) in the Rays/BoSox game on Wednesday night . . . the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup gets underway on Sunday afternoon with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; the drivers who qualified for those playoffs are Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth.